things to see- vancouver-fernie via highway 3 ?

[toddo]

Hi,

I’m going to be driving from vancouver to fernie along highway 3. can anybody tell me the good towns or things to see to stop in and check out on the way and the boring towns to bypass??

cheers!

[iceman]

hey,

all in all it’s a very scenic drive. if you have the time i’d make a stop in the okanagan valley on highway 97 for some fresh fruit and wine and nelson which has a very cool scene. both are a little out of the way but definately worthwhile. other than that the towns are small and nondescript.

enjoy the drive.

[toddo]

cheers. thanks mate

[username]

I’d go the other way. Highway 1

[toddo]

"username":3lu841ps wrote:

I’d go the other way. Highway 1[/quote:3lu841ps]

why’s that?? isn’t it a longer drive?

[iceman]

it’s a less treacherous drive if the conditions are bad. the salmo-creston pass is just wicked when snowy,icy and foggy. highway 1 is a larger highway, less twisty. choice is yours.

good luck

[toddo]

ok cool thanks for the advice!

[username]

Highway 1 is longer if you compare mile for mile. But if you compare the amount of small towns where the speed limit goes to 60 km/h , and the amounts of police that hang out around those towns (speed traps) If how trechorus the passes can get in the winter. Then for me #1 is the way.

[toddo]

if i take the highway 1 route, which highway do i get on to come back to fernie?? do you go within close proximity to banff?

how long does this drive take?

cheers

[dg]

Turn at Golden onto 3/93 south i believe.

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